He's going to be badass if only because he's being portrayed by Frank Grillo.

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"I knew there was something wrong, it just took a while to dawn on me, or maybe I was just afraid to think it, but you survived the destruction because you caused it. Raina wasn't the only one changed in there, and I'm pretty sure the DNA results that I'm running right now will confirm that there's nothing wrong with the data in my head Skye, there's something wrong with you."

I'm really looking forward to see how they handle the design for Crossbones. I can't wait to see it. I'm really hoping they give him the mask that he wears in the comics.

Yeah you can ditch the crossbones logo on his chest but you have too keep the mask. The mask is so key to the character. I really hope marvel does it right. The look of a character can make it or break it a lot of the time.

Really hard to guess if the helmet will be included.
The girl didn't think to probe and it's killing me.
All he seems to say if that to the uneducated eye you might see it as a simple swat suit but once you look closer the nuances he's added will have elements of the suit.

His laughing off a crossbones symbol on Rumlow's chest piece doesn't give me much hope that he'd have the balls to pull off a skull mask.

Come on you wuss! Aren't you trying to sell some action figures?!
Make some memorable villain out of this guy please!

Grillo has hinted that Crossbones is going to be around for awhile. So even if he doesn't have his classic comic book look in THIS film, that doesn't mean that he won't get it in a future film. This is especially true if he isn't even really a villain YET.

Yeah, I don't expect him to have the mask very much in this movie, if at all. But Grillo did mention he was in talks for Age of Ultron before it was called Age of Ultron, and if he survives that he can always get a part of AOS

Grillo has hinted that Crossbones is going to be around for awhile. So even if he doesn't have his classic comic book look in THIS film, that doesn't mean that he won't get it in a future film. This is especially true if he isn't even really a villain YET.

so what do you think turns him? his STRIKE team all getting killed because of something Steve does (or doesn't do)? i could see maybe Cap declining to put his old friend Bucky down and it leading to Bucky killing some people close to Brumlow.